Earthquake details

Sunday, August 19, 2012 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 22:41 UTC with a magnitude of 6.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Mount Hagen (Papua New Guinea - PG), about 127.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 144.570 and latitude -4.766.

Magnitude	6.2
Alert	Severe
Depth	73.0 km
Coordinates	-4.766, 144.570
UTC time	2012-08-19 22:41:49.810

Location	Mount Hagen
Country	Papua New Guinea (PG)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 2012-08-19

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Mount Hagen	127.2 km
Lae	345.9 km
Jayapura	494.8 km
Abepura	499.6 km
Port Moresby	596.9 km
Merauke	620.2 km
Wamena	628.4 km
Nabire	1019.1 km
Arawa	1229.2 km
Manokwari	1246.1 km
Tual	1313.6 km
Cairns	1359.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.5 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-03-27 07:46 UTC	204.0 km
M 4.5 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-26 17:20 UTC	197.2 km
M 4.7 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-19 22:28 UTC	199.3 km
M 5.0 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2026-01-03 01:26 UTC	210.7 km
M 4.3 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-12-20 21:20 UTC	221.9 km
M 4.7 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-10-01 02:13 UTC	223.8 km
M 4.3 Mount Hagen Papua New Guinea · 2025-06-19 10:57 UTC	40.8 km

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